Legend says that beneath the surface of Oroborous C, the hollow world, is another planet. Below that planet is another, and another, and below them all. Below them all is a source of untold wealth and power.
Substep is a roguelike shooter played best with a game controller (in fact a controller is almost mandatory). Fight hard enemies, get coin to buy new weapons and ship upgrades, and use your drill-ship to dig as deep as you can into the planet without dying.
The controls are fairly simple:
Arrows/WASD or the Left Analogue Stick to move (movement uses space physics - the trick is to not hold the analogue stick down all the time)
Space Bar or RB to fire your weapon.
When your fuel gauge is over 100%, crash the ship into the planet to dig through to the next level.
Collect coins to spend on new weapons (might I suggest the scatter shot), ship upgrades and repairs.
I dont really like the controls in this. And theme presence is kinda subtle. Why are you constantly diggind down, and why are there empty space between layers? And visuals i find kinda "strainy", made my eyes hurt a bit.
The game went unresponsive a couple times (stuck in an animation...) I personally do like the space controls, they're floaty but fun. Nice sound effects too. ;)
I'll echo what other people are saying: turning at other angles than 90 degrees would improve the game tremendously. Also, this is a minor gripe, but the text in the top-left corner is white, and so vanishes when you're burrowing through the white planet. If the letters were outlined in black or red it would be easier to read.
I liked the retro style. The controls were hard to master. I liked the digging thing as a way to advance to the next level, and the game felt polished. I loved the fact that you could buy upgrades. I would've loved more free control of the ship, but apart from that, you made a solid game.
I like the digging mechanic and the weapons, but the controls made no sense to me. I could rarely get the ship going in the direction I wanted it to. The minimal graphics were nice. Good job :)
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I would recommend putting tome background because when there's nothing on screen it's tricky to know if where's you're going.
Good job.
Also, this is a minor gripe, but the text in the top-left corner is white, and so vanishes when you're burrowing through the white planet. If the letters were outlined in black or red it would be easier to read.